Law & Disorder exposes the cracks in our system, agitates for resistance and collectively builds a new world where all of us thrive — all through an Oakland-based abolitionist lens that centers Black experience, movement-building and art. Hosted by Cat Brooks. Produced by Jesse Strauss.
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After Trump’s federal takeover of D.C., Oakland is preparing and responding to threats of federal invasion. We speak with Oakland-based organizer George Galvis, the co-founder and executive director of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: [email protected] Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/
As the redistricting battles in California and Texas move forward, we speak with Los Angeles-based journalist Gustavo Arellano. He is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the former editor of Orange County’s alternative weekly OC Weekly. You can read his most recent column In Texas and California redistricting battles, Latino voters hold the … Continued
On today’s episode, we speak with former Black Panther newspaper editor JoNina Abron-Ervin about her book Driven by the Movement: Activists of the Black Power Era, a moving account of the often overlooked contributions of local and regional African-American social justice activists of the late 1960’s. Learn more about the book here https://www.akpress.org/driven-by-the-movement.html — Subscribe to … Continued
Our Resistance in Residence artist is Dr. Ayodele “Wordslanger” Nzinga. Ayodele is a multi-hyphenated artist, actress, producing director, playwright, poet, dramaturg, performance consultant, educator, and community advocate. Ayodele was Oakland’s first poet laureate and recently released a spoken word poetry album called Ghetto Grimoire available for streaming and download https://open.spotify.com/album/7bysGXTOSHKxdaoOWHaU3B?si=eTk2_duVSgC_M2NymS3C0A — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get … Continued
As the genocide in Gaza rages on, we speak with activists participating in a Solidarity Fast for Gaza. Joining us is Annie Banks, parent and organizer in Oakland, member of East Bay Families for Ceasefire and a participant in the Parents Solidarity Fast for Gaza and Brooke El-Amine, mom and organizes with Alameda Families and … Continued
On today’s Palestine Post, we review news headlines from Israel’s assault on Gaza with Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. Also joining is Zahra Billoo, the Executive Director of the Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). … Continued
We speak with Alice Hu, Executive Director of Planet Over Profit and a core organizer of the Stop Billionaires Summer campaign against the Palantir corporation. The company provides data analytics technology used by government agencies, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to conduct surveillance and facilitate deportations. The group says its tools contribute to … Continued
Black August is a month of remembrance and resistance observed each August to honor Black freedom fighters, political prisoners, and the ongoing struggle against racial oppression. It began in the 1970s among incarcerated people in California’s prisons.The month pays tribute to those who have resisted slavery, colonialism, and mass incarceration, while also serving as a … Continued
On this episode, we speak with Dara Baldwin, activist, scholar, and author with over twenty years of experience in policy and social justice work. Since President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the District of Columbia, new attention falls onto the Free D.C. movement. D.C. residents lack full voting representation in Congress and their local laws … Continued
In the aftermath of Syria’s civil war, families have endured a desperate, over-decade-long search for loved ones forcibly separated by the Assad regime. We speak with investigative reporter Shane Bauer who reported in the New York Times that thousands of children were taken from their parents—often detained—and placed into orphanages under murky, undocumented circumstances. Shane … Continued
